Re: Registerty Editor problem

Good point, Shenan.

There may be a batch file or .reg file running at boot. It seems to me that HP and Compaq computers have .bat files that run at boot. I remember now. I found some things on my cousin's machine.

From my notes...

**cloaker.exe is required to run on startup in order to benefit from its functionality or so that the program will work.
Used by HP and Compaq computers to hide the windows of programs passed as arguments to it.
The "c:\hp\bin\cloaker.exe" application which, by its name, is intended to hide its true purpose from the PC owner.
http://www.wirelessforums.org/security/how-can-i-disable-hp-preloaded-datamining-13658.html
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Pin c:\hp\bin\cloaker.exe c:\hp\bin\pintostart.bat
Pin c:\hp\bin\cloaker.exe c:\hp\bin\pintostart.bat

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:%23OfxjRzjHHA.1220@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
Shenan Stanley <newshelper@xxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
Bob S wrote:
I have WinXP SP2, patched up to date.

I haven't installed any new programs lately, but for the
last few days whenever I boot up a dos sort up box pops up
(like the one for the command prompt (which, by the way, I
don't know how to us, but that's not my issue). The top line
of the box says "C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe." After
everything else has fully loaded, it sits on the screen for
about 30 or 40 more seconds, and then a message box pops up
which says that Registry editor has encountered a problem
and needs to shut down. I can then click on a button to
either send a feed-back message to MS or not, and then the
two windows/boxes disappear and I can use the computer as I
normally do. I can even use the registry editor, so I have
no idea what the message is supposed to mean in the first
place.

Any idea what the problem is and how to fix it?

Sounds like something is trying to apply settings to your registry.
What do you have in your startup tab of msconfig?

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